I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Qualcomm in Aug 2014
Interview
Applied through campus:-
Round 1 : aptitude round with negative marking - >asked C output questions, ds , os, networks and ca questions in the technical section. the aptitude section contained some di, logical reasoning and general aptitude questions.
Round 2 : Tech interview 1 -> asked which language I was comfortable with. I said C/C++. So they asked questions from OOPs concepts, where static variables are stored, what the running time of search operation in AVL tree was and why it was so. I don't remember the other questions
Round 3: Tech Interview 2 -> asked questions related to OS, networks, Bit manipulation and puzzle.
what is the differentiating factor between a real time os and a general purplose os?
what is the difference between tcp and udp. What is used in youtube buffering (tcp/udp)??
how do you count number of bits set in a number? how do you find if a number is a power of 2.
Given a pointer to the node to delete (and no other pointer) how would you delete the whole node's structure.
Given a weighing machine and 10 bags, with 1 bag having defective balls, how will you find the bag with defective balls by weighing only once.
Round 4: Behavioral questions and future plans
I applied online. I interviewed at Qualcomm (Farnborough, London, England) in Jun 2026
Interview
Three weeks after applying, I was invited to a 30-minute screening interview for this Friday. However, only 20 minutes before the scheduled start time, they requested to reschedule to Monday. Given that I had already rearranged my day to accommodate the original meeting, I chose to withdraw my application out of respect for my own time.
I approach interviews spontaneously, focusing on genuine technical discussions rather than memorized answers. I share real experiences from my embedded software projects, discussing complex issues with sensor integration very naturally.
It will be 3 round interview process with 2 round technical and 3 will be managerial round .
In Technical round it would be DSA : LinkList, Bit manupulation mostly
They would ask regarding oops concept .They will also ask regarding question mentioned in resume . It would be interactive .
In managerial round you could be asked about work related stuf and salary expectation